Codon models applied to the study of fungal genomes

Codon Evolution: Mechanisms and Models

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Aguileta, Gabriela ^a   Giraud, Tatiana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Codon models; Evolution; Fungal genome; Fungi

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EID: 84938492231     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199601165.003.0012     Document Type: Chapter

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